The juries in charge of granting the 2016 Princess of Asturias Awards are to begin meeting on 10th May

MAY AND JUNE

Arts: 10th and 11th> May
Communication and Humanities : 18th and 19 May
Social Sciences: 24th> and 25th May
Technical and Scientific Research: 31st May and 1st June
Sports: 7th and 8th June
Literature: 14th and 15th June
International Cooperation: 21st and 22nd June

Actress and stage director Núria Espert Romero has been bestowed with the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, as made public today in Oviedo by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

James Nachtwey, Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities

Photojournalist James Nachtwey has been bestowed with the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, as made public today in Oviedo by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

Hugh Herr, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research

American mechanical engineer and biophysicist Hugh Herr has been bestowed with the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, as made public today in Oviedo by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement have been granted the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, as made public today in Oviedo by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

Actually, although the national press mainly focus on events from Thursday-Saturday, when the royals are present, this is always a very intense week in Oviedo with all the parallel events that go on, and the laureates usually have a packed agenda in the city, with lots of events organized by the PoA Fundation. For instance, Richard Ford had a meeting and a chat with a reader's club:Encuentro de Richard Ford con clubs de lectores - La Nueva España

Princess of Asturias or not, Leonor is a child. Her main duty is school right now. Plenty of time for her to attend when she is eighteen. Yes it would be nice to see her more, but at age and time appropriate, like not an evening concert on a school night.

She needs to do events well before the age of 18, age approriate of course (not saying that the PoA events are age approriate). In comparison Christian, Amalia, Elisabeth or Ingrid Alexandra (all around same age as Leonor) almost regulary join their parents for age appropriate events. You can't pull an 18 year old out of the hat at the time that the public so far has only seen at Mallorca photoshoots (Easter and Summer), National Day and on the christmas card.